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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-5840

An issue was discovered in HashBrown CMS before 1.3.2. Server/Entity/Resource/Connection.js allows an attacker to reach a parent directory via a crafted name or ID field.

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CVE-2020-5840
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31 Oct 2026, 11:29 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-5840

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Jan 2020, 18:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in HashBrown CMS before 1.3.2. Server/Entity/Resource/Connection.js allows an attacker to reach a parent directory via a crafted name or ID field.

osv:CVE-2020-5840
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5840",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-5840",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in HashBrown CMS before 1.3.2. Server/Entity/Resource/Connection.js allows an attacker to reach a parent directory via a crafted name or ID field.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-5840",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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                {
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:22.997062763Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "https://github.com/HashBrownCMS/hashbrown-cms/releases/tag/v1.3.2",
        "https://github.com/HashBrownCMS/hashbrown-cms/compare/v1.3.1...v1.3.2"
      ],
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385254,
  "published_at": "2020-01-06T18:15:24.247+00:00"
}